The Olympic torch relay visited the frozen tundra of northern Russia on Sunday.
There, it mingled with the locals — herds of grunting reindeer.
Sochi Olympic Organizing Committee manager Andrei Chibisov was the single torch bearer in Naryan-Mar, a town north of the Arctic Circle, according to R-Sport.
The temperature? One degree Farenheit.
“The vanguard of the relay team arrived in Naryan-Mar and decided to show the trademark of the Northern people,” Chibisov said, according to R-Sport. “In order to do that, we went to tundra and carried out a procession with local reindeer herdsmen.”
The torch relay is next set to go to Western Siberia, where it will be transported by deer sleigh, and then into outer space and to the International Space Station.
The torch relay recorded its lowest temperature so far on Monday, minus-18 degrees Farenheit, according to Sochi organizers.
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